headquarters here in doha also coming up hours after launching another attack on tripoli libya and ward cleaver have to says its forces will stop fighting joining the holy month of ramadan and ickes ations of the syrian government is blocking medical supplies to the country's northeast. welcome to the program the u.s. economy is falling deep into one of its most severe recessions in recent times it's seen a decade of growth wiped out in just 3 months shrinking by almost 5 percent and this concerns of the crisis caused by the coronavirus pandemic is any going to worsen she has returned has the story. the 4.8 percent decline for g.d.p. between january and march represents the largest decline since the 2008 recession consumer spending which accounts for 70 percent of g.d.p. dropped by an annualized rate of 7.6 percent the largest drop since $1080.00 moreover this is just a preliminary estimate analysts expect the eventual number to be far higher than these numbers are for a quarter in which the economic locked down only accounted for a few weeks she. 2nd quarter g.d.p. figures for april to june a

well in libya there's been heavy shelling of residential areas in tripoli by forces loyal to ward cleaver hafter been firing on homes in the capital for over a week in retaliation for losing strongholds in western libya as al jazeera is mahmud the glue i had that i reports from tripoli or men and their young son have been reported to been killed. as soon as the early in the morning were been hearing heavy sounds of explosions and military sources with the government of national accord say that have that his forces have been shelling get civil areas in southern tripoli with indiscriminate shelling actually the art of now. for those forces the in the rains are in this southern outskirts of neighborhood in southern tripoli and from there the shelling get civil areas including the government forces locations in irons are also in the northern outskirts of ns out a neighborhood with mortal rockets and in many cases random rockets land in it is eventually yes today a woman was killed along with her son and 3 of her other sons were injured by a random rocket launcher where have their forces in th

living in ward cleaver have to has announced a cease fire for the muslim holy month of ramadan earlier on wednesday he was accused of altering the times that killed at least one person in tripoli and i was there has learned that a plane carrying prominent officials from the united arab emirates flew to the sudanese capital khartoum and choose day sources say the amorality delegates went to meet sudanese officials to discuss military support for khalifa haftar sudanese officials have denied the meeting taking place those were the headlines i'll be back with more news in half an hour here on al-jazeera next it's exiled to stay with us. bulldog i can do you want to. kill the land reform. but i have a lot of us are going to. war like. my. dog . my name out. there how that was how mother that. was i was in august 2017 and the burmese military launched a large scale security clearance operation and that drove out to close to 800000 children women elderly people and babies across the border from myanmar to new greenbank and this was happening in my own countries. this is the largest camp of g

forces from libya's even recognize government have killed 8 fighters loyal to ward cleaver have to they've also captured 4 have to supporters one advancing on his largest stronghold in the west of the country the city of that houla is the target of government troops after they regain control of 7 coastal cities earlier this week and there's been a wave of arrests in hong kong at least 15 pro-democracy politicians and activists have been taken away by police for their role in last year's mass protests among those detained are some high profile opposition politicians those with headlines and back with more news in half an hour here on ars their next is people in power do stay with us. well that's because far north as one of the world's last pristine environments but now the trumpet ministration wants to let the oil companies drill here as campaign is take on the white house and the energy industry indigenous communities as if i did between those who want jobs and those who want to preserve a unique landscape and way of life reports as daniel went to find out more. alaska's arctic national wi

headquarters here in doha also coming up hours after launching another attack on tripoli libyan ward cleaver have to says his phone.

libya's capital a woman and her young son are reported to have been killed forces loyal to the ward cleaver hafter are accused of bombarding residential areas in tripoli those are the headlines about the al-jazeera news in half an hour but next on al-jazeera its inside story with bernard smith do stay with us. for. worldwide military spending is that it but. where is all that money going on my government change that. is the coronavirus. this is inside story. hello welcome to the program i'm bernard. now it's often said that war is good for business conflicts drive up demand for weapons defense equipment and soldiers and it appears last year was a bumpy year the stockholm international peace research institute says global military spending grew to nearly 2 trillion dollars that's a more than 7 percent increase over 10 years but the trend may change as the coronavirus pandemic devastates the world's economies 5 countries account for more than 60 percent of the world's military expenditure the us is by far the world's largest spender at $732000000000.00 that's more than a 3rd of the global mil

towards the who are after successfully completing stage one battling to recapture the stronghold of ward cleaver hafter the western city of the who is where many of his men come from and government forces say that they killed 10 of have to fighters and captured dozens more in retaliation have to us forces intensified shelling on residential areas in tripoli iran's warned the u.s. of a decisive response to what it called any dangerous actions by american forces in the gulf it follows an incident on wednesday when the u.s. military says 11 vessels from iran's elite revolutionary guard came close to its ships in the gulf the u.s. call the move provocative in response iran has stepped up the guards patrols in the region. russian president vladimir putin says the country is growing the virus situation is under complete control he made the common search christians were urged to stay home during orthodox easter weekend on sunday russia reported a wreck or daily rise of 6000 new infections putin says the health care system and the economy can cope when you my dinner and the legal room open to you but we

libya's capital a woman and her young son are reported to have been killed forces loyal to the ward cleaver hafter are accused of bombarding residential areas in tripoli those are the headlines and back with the al-jazeera news hour in half an hour but next on our desire it's inside story with bernard smith do stay with us. worldwide military spending is at its highest but 10 years where is all that money going on my government's change that priorities with the coronavirus scripts this is inside story. hello welcome to the program i'm boun it's now it's often said that war is good for business conflicts drive up demand for weapons defense equipment and so.

still ahead here on al-jazeera ward cleaver hafter is under pressure in libya government troops advance on his positions. and flattening the curve how tough measures in the indian carola are showing the way in the fight against the pandemic stories after the break. hello by no means is the middle east in the arabian place across the moment the slower time around 10 suggests there are thunderstorms around that is true their house forecast to see rain north of the country north of qatar to herself breaks during sunday generally speaking in dry couple days after that but not blue skies and that's true of a good part of society particularly iran running back to turkey belafonte's looking nice that it is cloudy occasional showers but it's in the low twenty's it's only in the high twenty's for example in riyadh and are hot but big shot on the western side the mountains in southern saudi and in yemen could produce more flash flooding and present conditions as they have to i mean santa recently rain in the rest of north africa is rather confined to this streak which is in mauritania and now dea

and ward cleaver haftar is under pressure in libya government troops advance on his forces. could have become today and welcome to the news more than half of humanity 4500000000 people are under some form of restrictions as the world fights to slow down the coronavirus pandemic and the debate for many governments is how tough the rules should be and how long should they last now it's causing debate in the u.s. which has the highest number infections and deaths with 22000000 people unemployed . unemployed president trumps putting pressure on some democratic governors to and we quote liberate their states from lockdown and he's been accused of inciting dangerous acts while iran was already an economic trouble when the outbreak hit businesses in the capital tehran and now reopening despite warnings of a 2nd wave of infections the country has reported almost 5000 deaths but there is a success story in a country with 1300000000 people the indian state of carolers contain the virus confirming just 3 deaths it used aggressive testing contact tracing and longer periods of quarantine